nephew Aries Pinson with fower ships well appointed at their owne cost and charges, to discouer the new world vnder the licence of the king of Castile, and with commandement not to touch there, where the Admirall Columbus had beene.
The Cape of S. Augustine. And so they went to the Islands of Cape Verde, and passed the line to the southward, and discouered the Cape of Saint Augustine standing on that side in 8 degrees of latitude, and there they wrote on the rinders* of pine trees the names of the king and Queene. also the yeere and day when they arriued there.
Rio de Maria Tambal. They fought with the people of Brasil, but got nothing, they tooke their course all along the coast towards the west vnto the riuer Maria Tambal and at that time they had taken thirty and odde prisoners.
The riuers of Marannon, Amazones and Rio Dolce. The chiefe places where they touched were the Cape of S. Augustine, and the angle or point of S. Luke, and Tierra de los Humos, the riuers of Marannon, and of the Amazones, and Rio dolce, or the Sweete riuer, and other places along the coast: and they came to ten degrees of latitude on the north side, where they lost two ships and their companie, and remained in that voiage of discouery ten moneths, and 15. daies.
In the yeere 1500. and in the moneth of March one Pedro Aluarez Cabral sailed out of Lisbon with 13. ships, with commandement not to come neere the coast of Africa to shorten his way; and he losing the sight of one of his ships, went to seeke her, and in seeking of her lost his course, and sailed till he came vithin sight of land.[1] The Generall was so long in seeking his ship, that the companie were wearie of it and entreated him to leaue his enterprise.
Puerto Seguro in Brasil. The next day they fell in sight of the coast of Brasil: whereupon the Generall commanded a barke to goe to land and seeke an hauen: which they did, and found a good and safe hauen, and they named it Puerto Seguro, that is to say, The Safe hauen, standing on the south side in 17. degrees of latitude. From thence they sailed towardes the Cape of Bona Sperança, and Melinde, and crossed ouer to the riuer of Cochin, which before was not knowne, where they laded themselues with pepper, and at their returne Sancho de Thouar discouered the citie of Sofala vpon the coast of Africa.
In the same yeere 1500. it is reported that Gaspar Cortereal
- ↑ Barros decad. 1. lib 5. cap. 2
